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Frank
Thomas		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 205
 
Born: June 11, 1929 in Usa, PA, PITTSBURGH
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1955   
All-Star Selections 1953    1954    1957   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1951 22 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
1952 23 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 5 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
1953 24 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
1954 25 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
1955 26 BSN NL $ 2,257,143   6 6 6 8 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
1956 27 BSN NL $ 2,257,143   6 6 6 8 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 7 8
1957 28 BSN NL $ 2,257,143   5 5 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
1958 29 BSN NL $ 3,500,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
1959 30 BSN NL $ 3,500,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1960 31 NYG NL $ 3,500,000   5 5 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 7 7
1961 32 NYG NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1962 33 MIN AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 6 7
1963 34 MIN AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 4 4 3 3 3 7 7 7
1964 35 CLN NL $ 2,000,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3 3 3 3 6 6 6
1965 36 CLN NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 6 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,500,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1951 22 NYA AL 95 258 39 80 12 0 15 42 0 0 16 36 .310 .353 .531 .884 42.5 7.2
    AAA   26 105 18 27 2 0 12 27 0 0 8 19 .257 .310 .619 .929 20.5  
1952 23 NYA AL 155 567 75 154 19 2 30 103 0 0 37 74 .272 .314 .471 .785 81.4 10.4
1953 24 NYA AL 157 597 87 171 39 1 26 88 0 0 43 69 .286 .336 .486 .822 89.2 14.4
1954 25 NYA AL 148 529 77 145 21 1 28 97 1 0 38 60 .274 .322 .476 .799 75.8 16.3
1955 26 BSN NL 148 539 65 130 24 1 28 101 0 0 26 61 .241 .276 .445 .722 63.6 7.6
1956 27 BSN NL 93 314 47 80 22 1 20 60 0 0 18 47 .255 .296 .522 .819 45.3 7.7
1957 28 BSN NL 147 497 73 123 20 1 30 89 0 0 29 63 .247 .289 .473 .762 65.9 9.4
1958 29 BSN NL 127 400 65 108 25 3 19 69 0 0 30 58 .270 .323 .490 .813 59.4 10.2
1959 30 BSN NL 127 397 40 88 13 1 15 53 0 0 17 68 .222 .252 .373 .625 36.4 2.6
1960 31 NYG NL 60 141 13 36 8 1 3 14 0 0 6 20 .255 .291 .390 .681 15.2 2.5
1961 32 NYG NL 83 177 17 51 9 2 6 24 0 0 6 17 .288 .310 .463 .773 25.2 4.1
1962 33 NYG NL 26 95 9 16 5 1 2 18 0 0 5 19 .168 .216 .305 .521 6.0 0.0
  MIN AL 42 65 8 14 6 0 2 14 0 0 1 11 .215 .227 .400 .627 5.5 0.7
  TOT   68 160 17 30 11 1 4 32 0 0 6 30 .188 .220 .344 .564 11.5 0.7
1963 34 MIN AL 46 63 8 20 2 0 5 15 0 0 6 9 .317 .377 .587 .964 12.9 3.7
1964 35 WOR AL 72 93 12 26 2 1 2 14 1 0 11 10 .280 .358 .387 .746 13.2 2.0
  CLN NL 32 84 6 27 3 0 1 9 0 0 6 8 .321 .363 .393 .755 11.6 2.7
  TOT   104 177 18 53 5 1 3 23 1 0 17 18 .299 .360 .390 .750 24.8 4.7
1965 36 AAA   72 140 14 42 3 0 5 19 0 0 7 22 .300 .333 .429 .762 19.3  
14 Years Sim 1558 4816 641 1269 230 16 232 810 2 0 295 630 .263 .306 .462 .769 649.0 101.6
2 Years AAA 98 245 32 69 5 0 17 46 0 0 15 41 .282 .325 .510 .835 39.8  
162 Game Average 500 66 131 23 1 24 84 0 0 30 65 .263 .306 .462 .769 67.5  
Career Highs 157 597 87 171 39 3 30 103 1 0 43 74 .317 .377 .587 .964 89.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2571 354 670 113 10 128 459 1 0 131 322 .261 .297 .462 .759 347.8
vs LH   2245 287 599 117 6 104 351 1 0 164 308 .267 .317 .463 .780 324.2
Home 767 2370 325 651 129 10 108 389 0 0 139 312 .275 .315 .474 .789 343.0
Away 791 2446 316 618 101 6 124 421 2 0 156 318 .253 .298 .451 .749 328.9
RISP   1221 0 335 53 8 53 540 0 0 86 164 .274 .318 .461 .779 177.5
Pinch Hitting   217 24 59 6 4 5 46 1 0 13 39 .272 .309 .406 .715 27.1
Close/Late   542 65 155 26 5 29 84 0 0 41 72 .286 .336 .513 .849 90.0
Mar/Apr 262 873 119 225 44 4 45 162 0 0 59 125 .258 .307 .472 .779 124.5
May 280 854 118 222 47 1 45 137 0 0 52 110 .260 .303 .475 .778 121.2
June 269 812 97 222 35 3 29 120 2 0 53 104 .273 .318 .431 .749 109.3
July 233 700 93 169 30 2 33 117 0 0 47 93 .241 .288 .431 .720 88.2
August 252 777 105 210 38 2 41 144 0 0 37 107 .270 .303 .483 .786 111.1
Sep/Oct 262 800 109 221 36 4 39 130 0 0 47 91 .276 .317 .478 .794 117.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1951 22 NYA AL 3B 67 61 519.3 37 137 8 5 .956 3.02   1.7
    LF 7 3 36.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.25   0.1
    CF 10 0 17.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12    
    SS 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1952 23 NYA AL 3B 152 142 1253.0 72 306 22 20 .945 2.72   2.6
    1B 2 0 8.3 6 0 0 3 1.000 6.48   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1953 24 NYA AL 3B 146 145 1252.0 80 296 25 29 .938 2.70   3.6
    SS 5 5 45.7 9 19 0 4 1.000 5.52   0.2
    LF 3 2 18.0 5 0 2 0 .714 2.50   0.0
    CF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1954 25 NYA AL 3B 132 128 1090.0 72 290 18 22 .953 2.99   3.5
    CF 5 0 11.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.09   0.1
    1B 2 0 8.3 11 2 0 1 1.000 14.05   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1955 26 BSN NL 3B 146 146 1224.3 86 286 9 33 .976 2.73   3.9
1956 27 BSN NL 3B 89 89 745.3 34 191 14 18 .941 2.72   2.5
    CF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1957 28 BSN NL 3B 137 130 1129.0 51 293 17 23 .953 2.74   3.9
    1B 8 7 62.0 71 6 2 9 .975 11.18   0.1
    CF 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1958 29 BSN NL 3B 72 68 593.7 30 130 4 12 .976 2.43   1.5
    1B 23 23 186.0 217 15 3 19 .987 11.23   0.4
    CF 7 3 40.3 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.23   0.2
    LF 10 4 37.0 7 1 0 0 1.000 1.95    
1959 30 BSN NL 3B 106 104 885.3 46 232 19 13 .936 2.83   2.1
    LF 8 3 40.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.12   0.1
    CF 5 3 28.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.64    
    1B 5 0 8.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 12.38   0.0
1960 31 NYG NL LF 37 35 297.3 53 0 3 0 .946 1.60   0.6
    1B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1961 32 NYG NL 3B 26 17 160.7 10 31 4 1 .911 2.30   0.3
    1B 18 16 128.0 136 11 1 13 .993 10.34   0.2
    CF 19 0 51.3 18 1 0 0 1.000 3.33   0.5
    LF 7 5 42.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
1962 33 NYG NL 1B 10 10 133.9 144 11 2 15 .987 10.42   0.0
    3B 13 5 86.1 5 20 2 2 .926 2.61   0.2
    LF 1 0 2.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 0 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  MIN AL 1B 15 15 85.8 92 7 2 9 .980 10.38   0.2
    3B 21 7 55.2 4 12 1 1 .941 2.61   0.1
    LF 2 0 1.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   1B 25 25 219.7 236 18 4 24 .984 10.41   0.2
      3B 34 12 141.3 9 32 3 3 .932 2.61   0.3
      LF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
      CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1963 34 MIN AL 3B 30 14 136.7 5 29 2 3 .944 2.24   0.2
    LF 3 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    SS 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 3.0 6 0 0 1 1.000 18.00   0.0
1964 35 WOR AL 1B 20 12 101.2 126 10 1 11 .993 12.09   0.2
    CF 17 0 26.8 7 0 1 0 .875 2.35   0.1
    3B 6 3 24.1 1 6 0 0 1.000 2.61   0.0
    LF 4 0 8.1 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.33   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.7 1 0 1 0 .500 3.33   0.0
  CLN NL 1B 9 6 86.1 108 8 0 9 1.000 12.13   0.2
    CF 8 0 22.8 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.37   0.1
    3B 2 1 20.5 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.63   0.1
    LF 2 0 6.9 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.30   0.0
    SS 0 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  3B 1146 1060 9176.2 534 2264 145 182 .951 2.74   26.2
  1B 115 89 814.7 931 70 11 92 .989 11.06   1.4
  LF 86 52 500.7 87 2 5 0 .947 1.60   0.8
  CF 78 6 208.3 56 2 1 0 .983 2.51   1.0
  SS 10 5 58.7 12 21 1 4 .971 5.06   0.2
Career Totals   1435 1212 10758.4 1620 2359 163 278 .961 3.33   29.5
Career Highs   156 152 1317.7 264 315 27 33 .990 8.45    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1957 28 BSN NL 4 16 3 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 2 .250 .294 .563 .857
1960 31 NYG NL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
1964 35 CLN NL 7 24 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .250 .280 .250 .530
Career Post-Season Batting 12 41 6 11 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 8 .268 .302 .390 .693
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1952-8-155
1953-7-157
 At-Bats
1953-5-597
 Hits
1953-9-171
 Total Bases
1953-8-290
 Doubles
1953-5-39
 Homeruns
1957-10-30
Strikeouts
1952-7-74
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 12    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  1. Bill Nicholson (931)
  2. Wally Westlake (929)
  3. Dusty Rhodes (919)
  4. Chuck Workman (915)
  5. Tony Horton (914)
  6. Willard Marshall (911)
  7. Ron Kittle (908)
  8. Rick Reichardt (907)
  9. Dale Long (907)
  10. Mike Marshall (903)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 12th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1951
Had first career hit (homerun) on 5/2/1951, off Allie Reynolds (BSN)
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1952, hitting .336 with 8 HR, 29 RBI
Was selected to the 1953 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1953, hitting .375 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1954, hitting .522 with 3 HR, 11 RBI
Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,257,143 through salary arbitration
Traded from New York (A) to Boston (N) on 2/1/1955 (Going to BSN: 3B Frank Thomas. Going to NYA: P Bob Cain)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1955, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1955
2/1/1956: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,257,143 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/25/1956 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks
2/1/1957: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,257,143 through salary arbitration
Drove in 7 runs against Cincinnati on 6/24/1957
Was selected to the 1957 Allstar game
10/3/1957: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $3,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 4/21/1958
Drove in 6 runs against Cincinnati on 5/23/1958
Traded from Boston (N) to New York (N) on 4/2/1960 (Going to BSN: 1B Dale Coogan. Going to NYG: P Tex Clevenger, P Duke Maas, 3B Frank Thomas)
7/1/1960: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $350,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from New York (N) to Minnesota on 5/1/1962 (Going to NYG: C Clay Dalrymple. Going to MIN: 2B Gil Mcdougald, 1B Frank Thomas, P Dave Hillman)
Injured on 8/7/1962 with a Bruised Heel, out for 1-2 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Worcester on 2/14/1964 to a 1-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year
Traded from Worcester to Cleveland (N) on 7/31/1964 (Going to CLN: 3B Frank Thomas. Going to WOR: SS Bart Shirley, C Jeff Torborg)
9/1/1964: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $350,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 3/22/1965 with a Strained Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 5/24/1965 with a Fractured Hand, out for 5-6 weeks
 
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